Laramie
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- LAIR-uh-mee
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #1,085 for girls
Laramie is a name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,085th for girls in the US (222 babies).
What does Laramie mean?
French: from Laramie, Wyoming, named after a French-Canadian trapper
Taken from Laramie, Wyoming, named after Jacques La Ramee, a French-Canadian fur trapper of the early 1800s.
Is Laramie a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Laramie has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 222 girls and 17 boys in the US.
How popular is Laramie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,085th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 222 about 1 in 7,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 416% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 222 girls in the US were named Laramie, making it the 1,085th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,498th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 226 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954. 17 boys were also named Laramie in 2025 (5,397th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Laramie in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1977, 15% of the babies named Laramie in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 93%, with more girls than boys since 2016.
Laramie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 222 | #1,085 |
| 2024 | 226 | #1,091 |
| 2023 | 213 | #1,137 |
| 2022 | 154 | #1,448 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,498 |
| 2019 | 49 | #3,221 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,487 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 16 | #5,060 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
Names like Laramie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Amira, Salem, Aaliyah, Alaya, Stevie, Esme, Elle, Amelie, Annalise, Mackenzie, Amina
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy, Bruce
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Laramie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/laramie, updated 20 October 2026.